Downing leads team devoted to sharing John Deere’s story

In her latest leadership role at Deere & Co., Mara Downing shepherds the messaging and branding of the John Deere story – a story that has intertwined with her life through her Midwest upbringing to her career path.

The vice president of John Deere Global Brand and Communications since November 2019, Ms. Downing is a third-generation Deere employee. She followed her father Ron Sovey, a retired…